Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-02-03

dar as passed as follows: Increasing the
appropriation for Minneapolis to $780,
coo; for building at Charleston, S. c.,
not to exceed 100000 for a site and 5000,
| 900 for building. The woman suffrage
amendment was discussed at length by
Sens. Brown, Dolph, Vest, Eustis and 9th
ers, but no action was taken on the bill.
| Beck gave notice that he would to-mor-
row call up the railroad attorney bill.
/ The senate then adjourned.
HOttse-In the house the enrolled copy
of the inter state commerce bill was sign
/ ed by the speaker and after IL has been
signed by the president of the senate it
will be sent to the president. Mr.. Tur-
/ ner, of Georgia, called up the Rhode Is
land contested election case of Page VS..
| Pierce. The majority resolution declares
/ lie seat vacant, while the minority reso-
lotion confirms the right of Pierce to the
senate. The majority resolution was
agreed to, yeas, 1870: nays, 33. Mr.. Hatch.
of Missouri, reported the agricultural APP
preparation bill. and it was referred 20
the comitteo of the whole. The house
then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26.
Senate.-Th credentials of Gray, of
Cockrell. of Missouri, were presented and
placed on file. The senate then resumed
consideration of the bill to establish agri-
cultural experimental stations in con
nection with agricultural colleges estab-
lished under the act of July ?, 1882.
After long discussion and the Offering
of and voting on large number ri
amendments, Hawley offered a substitute
4 1. 4
substitute were ordered printed, and the
matter went over till tomorrow.
The railroad attorney bill was then tax
en- up and Barry obtained the floor 20 dis
cuss 1t, but the senate Immediately went
into executive session, and when the Jrs
were reopened adjourned.
House - The speaker laid before
the house a letter from the secre-
tary of the treasury submitting estimates
of the appropriation to meet the expendi-
lures required by the Mexican pension
bill. Referred 1t is estimated
that $4,663,000 will be required
for the fiscal years payment OF
pensions, and he asks for an appropriation
of two hundred and fifty-seven thousand
dollars for increased clerical force.
After struggle Tor precedence be-
tween the pleuro pneumonia bill and the
and river harbor appropriation bill, the
| latter proved successful, and the house
went into committee of the whole, Nc
Miin, of Tennessee, in the chair, on that
measure. The original bill was then ordered
engrossed and read the third time;
yeas 243, nays 81; and the previous 9ues-
tien was ordered on the final passage of
the bill. Hepburn demanded the reading
of the engrossed copy, and as the bill
had not been engrossed the house ad-
| iourned. The bill will come up for final
action to morrow.
THURSDAY, Jan. %.
/ SeHate-The senate resumed considera-
| tion of the agricultural experimental sta
tions bill. 1t directs the establishment,
in connection with agricultural colleges,
of department to be known and design
ated as an agricultural experimental sta
ton. Where there are two such colleges
in one state, the amount appropriated to
each state and territory for this purpose,
/ $4,000, is to be equally divided between
them unless the state legislature shall
otherwise direct. At 3:15 p. m. the SEN
ate passed the dependent soldiers ped
sion bill without amendment and without
division. 1t applies to the veterans of
any war-Seminole, Black Hawk, Next
can and war of the rebellion-and give
/ uniform allowance of $12 a month from
| the time of the passage of the bill. The
| estimated cost of the bill, should it be-
come law, is $6,O00,000 year at the
most. 1t may easily be 800 100000. Ad-
| journed.
House - The speaker announced
the unfinished business to be
the river aud barber appropriation bill.
! The bin passed, yeas 154, nays "a, in
the exact form in which it was reported
from the committee on rivers and har-
| bors Hammond, from the committee on ju-
dietary, reported adversely the joint res
olution providing for the election of
United States senators by the people of
the United States. At the request of
Weaver, the joint resolution was placed
upon the house calendar. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. IS.
Sendte-The senate this afternoon took
up the bill to prohibit members of con
gress from acting as attorneys or employ
es for railroad companies holding char
ters or having received grants of lands
or pecuniary aid from the United States,
and Sen. Berry addressed the senate in
advocacy of the bill. He did not believe
that a senator or member drawing $40,
600 OF $4,000 a year from the Union Pa
cifc railroad company could act and vote
impartially on the Pacific funding bill,
or on the Northern Pacific land forfeiture
bill. Amendments TO the bill were offer
ed by Platt and Hoar. The latter said
the bill was aimed at a state of things
not existing and not likely to exist. Sen.
Hoar withdrew his motion TO reconsider
the vote by which the dependent parents
pension bill passed yesterday. He ex-
planned that he had an objection to the
clause about dependent parents, but he
did not wish to imperil the final passage
of the bill. The senate then adjourned
till tomorrow.
House In the house Mr.. Forney pre-
scented the conference report on the bin
making an annual appropriation of four
hundred thousand dollars for the equip
ment of the militia forces of the United
States and it was agreed to. The house
then went into committee of the whole